You entered in your 30s, after establishing your career, enjoying life in your own apartment with your own stuff, being active in your parish. You had a lot of friends and could go out with them any time. You also were very active in your family, taking your nephews on adventures and vacations whenever you wished. How did entering the convent change or affect this?

I did go home less, but that’s true of whatever new family you become a part of. That said, my birth family is very important to me. I chose this community in part because it was welcoming of family involvement. I quit discerning with another community because it only allowed limited contact with birth families. Continue Reading

Almost all of us know what a faithful and interesting letter-writer Sister Cabrini was! You may also be aware that in addition to writing letters, she had a penchant for holding on to ones she had received. I told Sister Marilyn Roman that she will have a treasure trove for the archives as she reviews letters Sister has saved through the years. Continue Reading

As of Monday morning our dear Sister Cabrini passed away and is now with the angels in heaven.

Insights from The Road to Eternal Life by Michael Casey are helping me. (I know some of you are thinking will she ever finish that book – but Wow! The thoughts and ideas are wonderful and I am drinking it in).

Michael says, “First comes attachment and only then detachment, not the other way round.” This is so very true. Continue Reading